through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object) · describing an action of covering a whole object · describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity
köken: From the Proto-Slavic *pro- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *pro.
про- (pro-) + -йти́ impf (-jtí, “to go”) → пройти́ pf (projtí, “to go through, to pass by”)
про- (pro-) + ступа́ть impf (stupátʹ, “to tread, step”) → проступа́ть pf (prostupátʹ, “to exude, ooze (in a metaphorical sense)”)
through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object) · describing an action of covering a whole object · describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity
köken: From the Proto-Slavic *pro- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *pro.
про- (pro-) + йти́ impf (jtý, “to go”) → пройти́ pf (projtý, “to go through, to pass by”)
про- (pro-) + ступа́ти impf (stupáty, “to tread, step”) → проступа́ти pf (prostupáty, “to exude, ooze (in a metaphorical sense)”)
Produces words with meanings roughly equivalent to English super-, over- or above, can also imply upward motion, superiority in size, quality, number, degree, status, title, or position, but isn't limited to these senses.
köken: From Old Georgian ზე (ze), from Proto-Kartvelian *z₁e (“up, upon”).
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερ- (huper-); often used as a calque of translingual hyper- or a semantic loan of French ultra-, French trans-, English super-, English over-, German über- and other similar prefixes.